HISTORICAL CONTEXT

Historical Periods.

Browse eras and periods connected to films and series on the Movieline historical timeline.

Use films and series to compare how an era’s architecture, fashion, interiors and visual culture are represented on screen.

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Maurya Empire

322 p.n.e. → 185 p.n.e.

Also known as Empire Maurya · Imperio Mauria · Imperio Maurya

Large ancient Indian empire founded under Chandragupta Maurya and expanded under his successors, including Ashoka, before its decline in the second century BCE.

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Warring States period

475 p.n.e. → 221 p.n.e.

Also known as Chinese Warring States · Okres Walczących Królestw · Période des Royaumes combattants

Period of competing states in ancient China ending with political unification under Qin.

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Ancient Rome

753 p.n.e. → 476

Also known as Altes Rom · ancient Roman civilization · ancient Roman culture

The civilization and political history of ancient Rome, conventionally from the traditional founding of Rome through the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 CE; the Eastern Roman Empire continued beyond this endpoint.

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Roman Republic

509 p.n.e. → 27 p.n.e.

Part of Ancient Rome

Also known as Repubblica romana · Republica romana · republika rzymska

The republican political order of Rome, from the traditional expulsion of its kings to the establishment of the Principate.